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Hong Kong, Thursday, July 8, 1937.

THE PALESTINE REPORT

tions appear to furnish the one practical and logical solution the Palestine problem. Nothing could have been devised that would not have offended suscep- tibilities in the communities con- cerned in some way or other. The the Commission's plan escapes worst pitfalls, and accepted the right spirit, should end the need for watchful waiting by the Royal Navy and the army in Egypt for all time.

Musical Independence

Sir Thomas Beecham at the Until the Arabs and the Jews annual meeting of the Halle Con have had opportunity to frame certs Society ridiculed those who second thoughts on the Palestine speak enviously of the aid which Commission's recommendations in some countries music rets for the future of that ill-assort from State subsidies. Whatever ed 1 country, it is impossible to Britain's difficulties might be, “we prophecy what the outcome is could in the matter of music, likely to be. The plan, briefly.still do very much what we envisages the partition of the want to do." The independence country into three sections, the arising from having to make our largest to become a Jewish inde- own way "unstifled by State or pendent State. to include the municipal aids" had its value. "I most valuable land the next would not exchange for five min- largest to become purely Arab utes." he said, "my position and to be added to the territor independence and immunity from les of the Emir of Trans-Jor-interference for all the subsidies dania; and the third portion, in- of the Continent and the United cluding Jerusalem and Nazareth States of America put together." and other points where religious It is often said that opera in conflicts might arise, to remain Britain is in a bad way. But Sir under British mandate.

Thomas points proudly to Covent These recommendations have Garden, where, with no subsidy, been foreshadowed for some time the house take £45,000 a month past, causing a bitterness which and where every musician, con- indicates that confirmation is al- ductor, and singer in the world most certain to lead to grave desires to appear. It is pleasant friction in Palestine and charges occasionally to be patted on the of betrayal against the British back like this, but we shall still Government, with the Jews no enjoy Sir Thomas when he gets. less vituperative, if not more-so. back to telling us again how than the Arabs.

feeble, and tasteless is our musi- cal effort and appreciation.

Nevertheless, it is difficult to see how any better way out of the deadlock could be have offer- ed. Serious racial clashës have occurred frequently with heavy

loss of life, Only by the sever-The Fighting Spirit

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British Government pre ented fa The difficulty of translating

military mensures has the the two communities from flying English terms into Polynesian .B.B.C. Orch. at each other's throats in disas- dialects was recently referred to trous internecine strife. Every at an Australian Missionary Con- Bing Crosby-palliative hitherto introduced has ference in Sydney, words adopt- Sydney Lipton Orch. falled to bring the slightest ined a generation ago as English dication of the disposition of equivalents were said to have Grace Moore, either to adjust their national changed their meaning so that aspirations and settle down side they now made rather unedifying Strauss Sym. Orch.by side to establish goodwill un-nonsense of prayers in which they der à single commonwealth ad had been used. But the poor ministration of their own,

Polynesian also has his difficul- Jewish protests will be least in ties, as was shown by one des- The plan gives them a cription of a piano as "the box national State in which they will suppose you fight him he cry." have

*Not so bad--and it incidenta entire responsibility for government. It gives them the ly Illustrates the piano as a much Orch.ost fertile areas in the con

stouter Tellow than his later sup- try. It should confer upon thể planter. After all, you have within smaller Boundaries, than hit him firmly in the teeth be perhaps they hoped, but mo fore you provoke him to audible thần large enough for present protest. But what about the needs, a sense of confidence that wireless which will wail all day they have never previously without any hitting at all?

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